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Retail Therapy

1. Focus owns seven brands, just under 60 countries (e.g., Auntie Anne’s, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba Juice, Moe’s, McAlister Deli, Schlotsky’s)  2. Most of its international business is in Asia Pacific or the Middle East  3. Wherever there is a complete demand shock, if the mall is closed, so is our retail business. A different set […]

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5Cs of Crisis Leadership

To all the leaders in our networks: Today we attended a private webinar hosted by Verne Harnish, CEO of Scaling Up: A Gazelles Company, on how to lead in this #COVID19#crisis and economic #downturn. We wanted to share with you his 5Cs of Crisis Leadership: Communicate Daily – the number 1 action – maybe even twice per dayCustomer/Community Support – […]

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The 4 C’s for an Organizational Communication Strategy

After working with many medium and large size companies, I’ve come to realize they all struggle with one key area of business, their communication strategy. Most, if not all, of these companies, recognize their need to make improvements in this area, but struggle with where to begin or what a communication model should look like […]